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1 Corinthians 3

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

2 I have fed you with milk and not with meat; for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able,

3 for ye are yet carnal. For if there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men?

4 For while one saith, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are ye not carnal?

5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye came to believe, even as the Lord gave to every man?

6 I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.

7 So then, neither is he that planteth anything, nor he that watereth, but God who giveth the increase.

8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one, and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

9 For we are laborers together with God; ye are God's husbandry; ye are God's building.

10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

11 For no man can lay another foundation than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

13 every man's work shall be made manifest; for the Day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall test every man's work of what sort it is.

14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as fire.

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, and ye are that temple.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: "He taketh the wise in their own craftiness";

20 and again, "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."

21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours,

22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come -- all are yours,

23 and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Brothers and sisters, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as people still influenced by your corrupt nature. You were infants in your faith in Christ.

2 I gave you milk to drink. I didn't give you solid food because you weren't ready for it. Even now you aren't ready for it

3 because you're still influenced by your corrupt nature. When you are jealous and quarrel among yourselves, aren't you influenced by your corrupt nature and living by human standards?

4 When some of you say, "I follow Paul" and others say, "I follow Apollos," aren't you acting like [sinful] humans?

5 Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are servants who helped you come to faith. Each did what the Lord gave him to do.

6 I planted, and Apollos watered, but God made it grow.

7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is important because [only] God makes it grow.

8 The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own work.

9 We are God's coworkers. You are God's field. You are God's building.

10 As a skilled and experienced builder, I used the gift that God gave me to lay the foundation [for that building]. However, someone else is building on it. Each person must be careful how he builds on it.

11 After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that foundation is Jesus Christ.

12 People may build on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw.

13 The day will make what each one does clearly visible because fire will reveal it. That fire will determine what kind of work each person has done.

14 If what a person has built survives, he will receive a reward.

15 If his work is burned up, he will suffer [the loss]. However, he will be saved, though it will be like going through a fire.

16 Don't you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him because God's temple is holy. You are that holy temple!

18 Don't deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise in the ways of this world, you should give up that wisdom in order to become really wise.

19 The wisdom of this world is nonsense in God's sight. That's why Scripture says, "God catches the wise in their cleverness."

20 Again Scripture says, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are pointless."

21 So don't brag about people. Everything belongs to you.

22 Whether it is Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life or death, present or future things, everything belongs to you.

23 You belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.